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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Alliances Dogma Fanaticism Passion Professes Religious
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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Best Book Content Delight Favorite Other Seek Sidelight
To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
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Achievement Conscience Develop Great History Perfect
Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power — power sufficient to interfere with property.
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Accepting Deposition Execution Power Requires Socialism Strongest Sufficient
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
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Bank Century Down Issue People Sooner Swept
Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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Concentration Democracy Generally Monopolize Power
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
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Both Future Live Past
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
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Change Creed Eternity Fail Fall Law Manner Moral Opinion Table Tablet
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Habit Mind More Perilous Sanctifying Succes
If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power…power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Absolute Corrupt Other Power Presumption Tend
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Always Corruption Despotic Morality Power
There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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Besides Law Own People Will
Great men are almost always bad men.
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Corrupt Great Men Power
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Dignity Giving History Merit Truth Worth
Every class is unfit to govern.
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Class Unfit
Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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Control Liberty Other Prevention

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